Word: infielding
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...field '95 put up an excellent game. three errors, two of which were excusable, being the only ones to mar their good record. The whole infield should come in for especial praise, as the score shows. Whiting leads the list with nine chances, none, to be sure, being very difficult, and one put-out, a hard catch to make. Whiting made one play, however, that showed excellent judgement, and is worthy of the highest praise. With men on second and third, and no one out, a slow ground hit was knocked to him, and by a quick feint he kept...
...play of '94 was wretched in the extreme. Fourteen errors, all by the infield, is pretty nearly a record, even for a class game, and their batting, with the exception of Mackie's three-bagger, and Hapgood's clean base-hit which followed it, bringing in the only earned run of the game, was woefully weak. In one respect however, they out-played the freshmen, for they put snap and life, even into their errors, while '95, though they played a clean game, did not play with snap, except at the rarest intervals...
...good one for ball-playing, except for the high wind which made it next to impossible to knock a fly ball beyond the infield...
...Cassatt infield substitute...
Murphy, short stop, is the best fielder on the nine. He is quick, cool, and an accurate thrower. He handles the men well and lends steadiness to the infield. He is a good base runner, but is not batting as well as was expected...